{"id":6566206,"date":"2026-07-21T11:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/apkws-laser-guided-rocket-saudi-arabia-counter-drone-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:57:04","slug":"apkws-razzo-a-guida-laser-arabia-saudita-contro-drone-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/apkws-laser-guided-rocket-saudi-arabia-counter-drone-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Il razzo $20.000 che distrugge i droni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Un missile AIM-120 AMRAAM costa circa un milione di dollari. Un AIM-9X Sidewinder costa circa 1.000.450.000 dollari. Un drone d&#039;attacco unidirezionale tipo Shahed costa forse da 1.000.450.000 a 1.000.450.000 dollari, e l&#039;Iran e i suoi partner possono costruirli pi\u00f9 velocemente di quanto chiunque possa permettersi di abbatterli con missili da un milione di dollari.<\/p>\r\n<p>Quel calcolo rappresenta la crisi silenziosa della difesa aerea mediorientale da tre anni. La soluzione temporanea consiste in un kit di guida laser che si monta su un razzo non guidato degli anni &#039;60 e costa all&#039;incirca quanto un&#039;auto usata.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il 15 luglio, il Dipartimento di Stato americano ha autorizzato l&#039;Arabia Saudita ad acquistarne fino a 20.000.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 24px 0; border-radius: 8px;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #222;\">Informazioni rapide<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Cosa \u00e8 stato approvato?<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Possibile vendita militare all&#039;estero all&#039;Arabia Saudita di un massimo di 20.000 kit di guida per il sistema d&#039;arma di precisione avanzato (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System).<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Annunciato<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">15 luglio 2026, Dipartimento di Stato degli Stati Uniti<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Valore<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Circa 1 TP4T1,96 miliardi<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>La spaccatura<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Circa 10.000 kit aria-terra AGR-20 e 10.000 kit aria-aria AGR-20F FALCO<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Incluso anche<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">LAU-131\/A lanciarazzi da 70 mm a sette colpi, motori a razzo Mk 66, testate ad alto potenziale esplosivo Mk-152, spolette di prossimit\u00e0, pezzi di ricambio e addestramento<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Appaltatore principale<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Costo unitario<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">La sezione di riferimento ammonta a circa 1.000-20.000 miliardi di euro; il round completo si aggira intorno ai 22.000 miliardi di euro.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Importante<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Si tratta di una notifica del Congresso, non di un contratto firmato. Quantit\u00e0 e valori rappresentano dei limiti massimi e sono soggetti a riduzioni periodiche.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Si tratta di un kit, non di un razzo.<\/h2>\r\n<p>L&#039;errore pi\u00f9 comune nella copertura mediatica di questa vendita \u00e8 quello di definirla un ordine per 20.000 razzi a guida laser. Non \u00e8 cos\u00ec. L&#039;APKWS \u00e8 una sezione di guida, un kit intermedio che si avvita tra la testata e il motore di un razzo Hydra 70 standard e trasforma un&#039;arma a effetto di area in un&#039;arma di precisione.<\/p>\r\n<p>I razzi in s\u00e9 sono una questione in gran parte separata. Ci\u00f2 che l&#039;Arabia Saudita ha ottenuto l&#039;autorizzazione ad acquistare \u00e8 l&#039;intelligence necessaria per utilizzarli.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il design \u00e8 elegante, in un modo che gli ingegneri apprezzano. I sensori laser sono posizionati sui bordi d&#039;attacco delle quattro alette di guida, ripiegate all&#039;interno del tubo di lancio. Si attivano solo dopo che il razzo ha lasciato il pod, motivo per cui il kit \u00e8 compatibile con i lanciatori e i cablaggi degli aerei esistenti senza bisogno di modifiche. Questa compatibilit\u00e0 con le versioni precedenti \u00e8 la ragione principale della rapida diffusione di quest&#039;arma.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px; width: 100%;\"><img data-opt-id=562441597  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/apkws-ii-laser-guided-rocket-mockup.jpg\" alt=\"Modello in scala reale della sezione di guida APKWS II accanto a un razzo standard da 70 mm.\" width=\"1024\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Un modello in scala reale dell&#039;APKWS II accanto a un razzo standard da 70 mm. La sezione di guida si inserisce tra la testata e il motore di un&#039;arma in servizio dagli anni &#039;60. Foto: Wikimedia Commons \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">FALCO: puntandolo verso l&#039;alto<\/h2>\r\n<p>La parte del pacchetto relativa al combattimento aria-aria \u00e8 la pi\u00f9 recente e interessante. Il FALCO (Fixed Wing, Air Launched, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Ordnance) \u00e8 un sistema APKWS modificato con spoletta di prossimit\u00e0 e algoritmi di guida rielaborati, progettato per colpire bersagli in movimento nell&#039;aria piuttosto che bersagli a terra.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00c8 nata da un&#039;urgente esigenza operativa e funziona. Gli F-16 dell&#039;aeronautica statunitense hanno utilizzato razzi a guida laser contro i droni Houthi sopra e intorno al Mar Rosso e, secondo quanto affermato dalla stessa AFCENT, sono diventati la principale arma aria-aria contro le minacce dei droni nella regione.<\/p>\r\n<p>La logica tattica \u00e8 semplice: un caricatore da sette colpi significa sette possibilit\u00e0 per stazione invece di un missile per binario. Contro un attacco di saturazione da parte di droni economici, la capacit\u00e0 del caricatore \u00e8 pi\u00f9 importante della sofisticatezza del singolo colpo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201c&quot;\u00c8 la nostra arma principale contro i droni. Abbiamo abbattuto diversi velivoli con essa.&quot;\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Tenente generale Derek France<\/strong> \u2014 Comandante delle Forze aeree statunitensi del Comando Centrale (intervento alla conferenza AFA su aria, spazio e cyberspazio, 2025)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px; width: 100%;\"><img data-opt-id=884059047  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/apkws-guidance-kits-idex-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Modelli del kit di guida APKWS esposti all&#039;IDEX 2023\" width=\"1024\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">APKWS in mostra all&#039;IDEX. L&#039;arma \u00e8 diventata una delle soluzioni anti-drone pi\u00f9 esportate nel panorama occidentale. Foto: Wikimedia Commons \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Perch\u00e9 l&#039;Arabia Saudita, e perch\u00e9 proprio ora?<\/h2>\r\n<p>La giustificazione del Dipartimento di Stato utilizza un linguaggio standard, ma il ragionamento operativo che la sottende \u00e8 facilmente comprensibile.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201c&quot;La vendita proposta migliorer\u00e0 la capacit\u00e0 dell&#039;Arabia Saudita di scoraggiare le minacce attuali e future, rafforzando la difesa del suo territorio e migliorando l&#039;interoperabilit\u00e0 con le forze statunitensi e con altre forze regionali e della NATO. La vendita proposta incrementer\u00e0 inoltre la flotta aerea operativa dell&#039;Arabia Saudita e potenzier\u00e0 le sue capacit\u00e0 di autodifesa aria-aria e aria-terra.&quot;\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Dipartimento di Stato degli Stati Uniti<\/strong> \u2014 Notifica di vendita militare all&#039;estero, 15 luglio 2026<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>L&#039;Arabia Saudita ha trascorso un decennio subendo attacchi con droni e missili da crociera, e la situazione regionale \u00e8 peggiorata drasticamente quest&#039;anno. La notifica non specifica quale aereo trasporter\u00e0 l&#039;arma, ma gli analisti si aspettano che la Royal Saudi Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/aerei\/eurofighter-typhoon\/\">Eurofighter Typhoon<\/a> E <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/aerei\/f-15-eagle\/\">F-15SA<\/a> \u2014 entrambi gi\u00e0 dotati dei pod di puntamento necessari per la designazione con un&#039;arma a guida laser.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Il punto pi\u00f9 ampio<\/h2>\r\n<p>Negli ultimi settant&#039;anni, la difesa aerea si \u00e8 evoluta diventando sempre pi\u00f9 efficiente e costosa per singolo colpo. Il drone ha ribaltato questa logica: la minaccia pi\u00f9 economica possibile, prodotta in grandi quantit\u00e0, contro gli intercettori pi\u00f9 costosi possibili.<\/p>\r\n<p>L&#039;APKWS \u00e8 l&#039;esempio pi\u00f9 lampante finora del tentativo occidentale di invertire questa tendenza. Prendete un razzo in servizio dai tempi della guerra del Vietnam, aggiungete ventimila dollari di ottiche e superfici di controllo, e otterrete qualcosa in grado di abbattere un drone a un costo pari a circa un cinquantesimo di quello di un AMRAAM.<\/p>\r\n<p>Non risolve tutti i problemi. Richiede un puntatore laser, il che significa che le condizioni meteorologiche e la linea di vista sono importanti, ed \u00e8 un&#039;arma a corto raggio. Ma per il problema specifico dei droni economici che arrivano in gran numero, al momento \u00e8 la migliore soluzione disponibile, e l&#039;Arabia Saudita ha appena ottenuto l&#039;autorizzazione ad acquistarne ventimila.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IpAvvj0pLc4\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: -8px; font-style: italic;\">BAE Systems spiega come funziona la sezione guida di APKWS e perch\u00e9 \u00e8 compatibile con i launcher esistenti.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width: 550px; margin: 0 auto 28px;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px; border: none; border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2076922140243497244&amp;theme=light\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Fonti: Dipartimento di Stato degli Stati Uniti, The War Zone, FlightGlobal, Defense Daily, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/air-defence-interceptor-cost-asymmetry-magazine-depth\/\">L&#039;intercettore che non puoi permetterti<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/air-force-battle-lab-counter-drone-options-2026\/\">L&#039;aeronautica militare cerca nuovi metodi per abbattere i droni.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/israel-iron-dome-iron-beam-integrated-test-2026\/\">Iron Dome ha appena trovato un aiutante laser<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un AMRAAM costa un milione di dollari. Uno Shahed ne costa ventimila. L&#039;APKWS \u00e8 il tentativo dell&#039;Occidente di invertire questa aritmetica, e l&#039;Arabia Saudita ha appena ricevuto l&#039;autorizzazione ad acquistare 20.000 kit.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":6564199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6566206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-world","category-military-aviation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APKWS: The Cheap Rocket That Kills Drones<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An AMRAAM costs a million dollars, a Shahed drone twenty thousand. 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